"When I cut my childhood friend out of a car. Back at the station, everyone knew how shaken up I was. One of the guys my age (18 at the time) came up, gave me a hug and said, 'Hey man, you did great tonight.' At that exact moment, I knew I was finally one of the brothers." - Carter Bowns

"The moment I knew was when we pulled up on a car accident with multiple victims, and me being the only firefighter/EMT on the truck, the chief yells to me that he's got traffic control and to tell him what I need." - Josh Reeb

"When I started breathing in through my mouth and out through my nose." - John Williams Cox

"When I became chief of department after 24 years and interviewed the rookies." - Gareath V. Adderley

"I'll always be a probie for life, but I knew I had moved up to sr. probie when the asst. chief started having me take charge of the junior firefighters' training!" - Joshua David Rodrigues

"When I made the right decisions and actions to help my crew systematically lift a pickup off of a teenage girl, saving her life. Also recently, when the chief asked me to wear a red hat and lead others." - Bill McKellip

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